Tag: Sports

I guess that, considering last year's blog post, this Lean thinker couldn't really root for Notre Dame and Coach Brian Kelly Monday night in...

On Friday, I had a great opportunity to teach a class of healthcare professionals at the  Master of Business Operational Excellence (MBOE) program at...

Some of you might not care about college football, but I'm always interested in a story about people gaming a system and what drives...

Principle #1 of the Toyota Way management system says: "Base your management decisions on a long-term philosophy, even at the expense of short-term financial...

Mark's Note: Today's post is a another guest post from  Chad Walters. Chad and I share a strong interest in sports â€" me as...

My guest for podcast #152 is Matt Stewart, and we are talking about his book The Walk-On: Inside Northwestern's Rise From Cellar Dweller To Big...

Paul Levy, the former CEO of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is a long time friend of mine and this blog (read his...

Being a big fan of what the guys at LeanPub are doing (listen to my podcasts with them here and here), I created a...

Here are links to some varied articles I've read recently that might be of interest on a number of Lean related topics: NFL Draft -...

Dr. W. Edwards Deming famously said that managers can't hope to motivate employees, as they can only hope to not demotivate them. I wrote...

As the main days of the men's NCAA basketball tourney ("March Madness") start Thursday, here's a topic that might make for fun Lean discussion...

Here's a funny little story I saw on ESPN today (Nicklas Grossmann reveals extra 'n'). Apparently when former Dallas Stars' defenseman  Nicklas Grossman entered...